Blinding Lights

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2019 Rank: #72
November 29, 2019 / Release Date
Single / Format
XO, Republic / Label
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80
NME
The beats pack slightly less of a punch than on ‘Heartless’, but the bright, synth-driven electro-pop makes for an insistent listen that’ll surely result in it soaring up to the upper echelons of the pop and R&B charts.
Stankysauce
95

I GUESS HE'S GOING SYNTHWAVE ON THIS NEW PROJECT AS WELL AND I AM READY

Tielur
95

Thank you Abel for doing something pleasant and throwing a curve ball at me. I'm very happy with this!

TheDankestMeme
98

I am really hyped for his new project now! Abel delivers a synthwave influenced song that just bangs really hard. While I enjoyed Heartless, it was still a little generic and there could be big improvements, but Blinding Lights just takes everything to another level of good. The vocals are way better, the production is amazing and much more unique than Heartless and the lyrics are way better. Abel seems to be taking a different route with this single and again while it's no House of Balloons, ... read more

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00neon
85

5,407,430,130 <- total streams as of 11.05.2026

however, Heartless is the better single

75

lo de esta canción tiene que ser estudiado (probablemente alguien ya lo hizo)

DenzelCurryFan
100

How is the most streamed song of all time still so underrated in this day and age??

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